What We Love: The Ultimate Wes Anderson Companion

A new book devoted to the art and craft of Wes Anderson movies

I once knew a woman who could name every character and plot point, who could cite lines of dialogue verbatim, from every Wes Anderson movie—he's the kind of filmmaker who inspires outsized amounts of devotion. For his many fans, The Wes Anderson Collection (Abrams, $40) is pure candy. At the heart of this hefty volume is a series of in-depth interviews that critic Matt Zoller Seitz conducted with Anderson about the writing and production of each of his films, from his 1996 cult classic Bottle Rocket to last year's hit charmer Moonrise Kingdom. Surrounding the text is a bounty of film stills, behind-the-scenes photos, storyboards, maps and floor plans, and images of some of Anderson's many sources of inspiration (who would have guessed that the German Renaissance artist Hans Holbein the Elder influenced the look of Rushmore?).